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"Allowing Kids to Go to School" by Aldiouma Dia (2010)

Film plays in an embedded Vimeo player. Click on the bottom-right of the player to watch in fullscreen. Make sure to enable HD!These images were filmed entirely by the students in Sinthiou Mbadane and Mbour. The narrations are their own words and voices.

Aldiouma Dia must convince local parents to send their children to school.

These stories inspired the internationally-acclaimed feature film TALL AS THE BAOBAB TREE. The movie comes with free educational materials correlated directly to the CCSS curricula standards for Gr 8-12, plus guided discussions for community groups and universities.